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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Symphytognathidae |
| Genus: | Patu Marples, 1951 |
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| P. vitiensis Marples, 1951 | |
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Patu is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by Brian John Marples in 1951. Two candidates for the "smallest species of spider", are in this genus, Patu digua and Patu marplesi.
Species
As of November 2021 it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Oceania, on the Seychelles, and in Colombia:
- Patu catba S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – Vietnam
- Patu dakou S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – China
- Patu damtao S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – Vietnam
- Patu digua Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
- Patu eberhardi Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
- Patu jiangzhou S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – China
- Patu jidanweishi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
- Patu marplesi Forster, 1959 – Samoa
- Patu nagarat S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – Thailand
- Patu nigeri Lin & Li, 2009 – China
- Patu putao S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – Myanmar
- Patu qiqi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
- Patu saladito Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
- Patu samoensis Marples, 1951 – Samoa
- Patu silho Saaristo, 1996 – Seychelles
- Patu vitiensis Marples, 1951 (type) – Fiji
- Patu woodwardi Forster, 1959 – New Guinea
- Patu xiaoxiao Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
See also
References
- ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2021). "Gen. Patu Marples, 1951". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- Marples, B. J. (1951). "Pacific symphytognathid spiders". Pacific Science. 5: 47–51.
- Shear, William A. (1986). Spiders--webs, Behavior, and Evolution. Stanford University Press. pp. 425–. ISBN 978-0-8047-1203-3.
- "Smallest spider". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
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